Stock-feeder.



A. J & c. HARRIS.

STOCK FEEDER.

APILIUATION Hum ran. 1. 1010.

Patented Aug. 9,1910.

I AnarewJ. Harris.

ANDREW J. HARRIS AND CHARLES HARRIS, OF STURGEON, MISSOURI.

STOCK-FEEDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 9, 1910.

Application filed February 1, 1910. Serial No. 541,343.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, ANDREW J. HARRIS and CHARLES HARRIS, citizens ofthe United States, residing at Sturgeon, in the county of Boone, Stateof Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inStock-Feeders; and we do hereby declare the following to be a full,clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame.

This invention relates to stock feeders.

The object of the invention resides in the construction of a feeder ofthe character named which will enable same to be thoroughly andeffectively cleansed without the use of a shovel or the entrance of theattendant into the inclosure in which the stock is confined.

A further object of the invention resides in the construction of a stockfeeder which will be simple in construction, effective in use andcomparatively inexpensive to install and maintain.

- WVith the above and other objects in view the invention consists inthe details of construction and in the arrangement and combination ofparts to be hereinafter more fully described and particularly pointedout in the claims.

In describing the invention in detail reference will be had to theaccompanying drawings wherein like characters of reference denotecorresponding parts in the several views, and in which,

Figure 1 is a longitudinal section of a stock feeder constructed inaccordance with the invention; Fig. 2, an end view of the feeder; Fig.3, a section on the line 33 of Fig. 1.

Referring to the drawings, the feeder is shown as comprising a baseportion formed of the end members 10 and 11 and the side members 12 and13. The end members 10 and 11 have their upper edges provided withcorresponding concave recesses 14 and respectively, while the sidemembers 12 and 13 have their inner faces curved outwardly at their topsas at 16 and 17 respectively; the curved portions 16 and 17 constitutinga continuation of the are formed by the recesses 14 and 15. Supported inthe concaved recesses 14 and 15 is a trough 18, the sides of which aredisposed, at their upper ends against the curved faces 16 and 17 of theside members 12 and 13; said sides being continued beyond said curvedfaces and bent downwardly against the outer faces of the side members 16and 17 and secured thereto by the bolts 19 and 20 respectively. The endsof the trough 18 are closed by the semi-circular end members 21 and 22.Mounted on the outer faces of the end members 10 and 21 is the upright23, while a corresponding upright 24 is mounted in the outer face of theend members 11 and 22. Disposed above the end member 21 and against theinner face of the upright 23 is a block 25, while a corresponding block26 is disposed above the end member 22 and against the inner face of theupright 24. A bolt 27 passes through the upright 23 and block 25 andforms a pivot bearing for an arm 28, the lower end of which projectsinwardly of the trough 18. A corresponding arm 29 is pivotally mountedon a bolt which projects through the upright 24 and the block26; thelower end of said arm 29 also projecting inwardly of the trough 18.Fixed between the arms 28 and 29 in any suitable manner is a hopper 31provided with a dischargemouth 32 and the upper end of said arms 28 and29 are connected by a handle bar 33 to permit the manual oscillation ofsaid arms on their pivot as will be presently described. The lower endof the arms 28 and 29 are connected by a hoe member 33 which is disposeddirectly beneath the central portion of the discharge mouth 32 of thehopper and extends beneath the lower extremities of the arms 28 and 29to a point almost in contact with the trough 18. The upper edge of thehoe member 33 is beveled to a point as at 34 for a purpose to bepresently described.

It will be noted that the transverse curvature of the trough 18 is thearc of a circle whose center lies in the common longitudinal axis of thepivot bolts 27 and 30 so that when the arms 28 and 29 are oscillated ontheir pivots the lower end of the hoe member 33 will move over the innersurface of the trough in close proximity thereto so that any foodcontained in the trough will be engaged by the hoe member and carriedthereby to be finally expelled over the sides of the trough.

In order to hold the arms 28 and 29 and the trough 31 in verticalposition as shown in Fig. 2, the arm 29 is provided with a recess 35 inalinement with apertures formed transversely in the upright 24 and theblock 26. A locking pin 36 is then inserted throughsaid apertures sothat its inner end will project in the recess 85 and thereby lock thearms 28 and 29 and hopper "31 against oscillation. It will also beapparent that when food is disposed in the trough through the hopper 31the sharpened edge 84: of the hoe member will serve to direct an equalamount of food in the portions of the trough disposed on each side ofsaid member and when the feeder constitutes a division between twoinclosures the animals in each inclosure will be fed substantially thesame amount of food. It will be further apparent that as the handle bar33 is disposed a considerable distance above the trough same may beeasily manipulated by the attendant to effect the cleansing of thefeeder without entrance into the inclosure in which the animals areconfined.

What is claimed is:

1. A stock feeding device consisting of end supports, of a troughdisposed therebetween, a frame pivotally mounted between saidsupports toswing transversely of the trough, a sweep carried by said frame anddisposed within said trough, and a hopper carried by said frame havingits discharge mouth disposed in alinement with said sweep.

2. A stock feeding device consisting of end supports, a trough disposedtherebetween having its upper face concaved trans versely, a framepivotally mounted between said supports adapted ,to swing transverselyof the trough, a sweep carried by said frame and disposed within saidtrough, thecenter of the" circle which includes the are formed by theupper face of the trough coinciding with the pivot point of the sweep,and a hopper carried by said frame having its discharge niouth disposedin alinement with said sweep. I

3. A' stock feeding device comprising end supports, a trough disposedtherebetween having its upper face concaved transversely, a framepivotally mounted between said supports. adapted to swing transverselyof the trough, a sweep carried by said frame, the I side faces of saidsweep converging at their upper ends to an edge, and disposed withinsaid trough, the center of the circle which includes the are formed bythe upper face of the trough coinciding with the pivot point of thesweep, and a hoppercarried by said frame having its discharge mouthdisposed in alinement with said sweep.

In testimony whereof, we aflix our signa tures, in presence of twowitnesses.

ANDREW J. HARRIS. CHAS. HARRIS. WVitnesses: MABEL BAKER, W. H. TODD.

